Nicolo will replace Marc Marquez for the final two rounds of the 2025 MotoGP season. The World SBK runner-up – who tested the Desmosedici GP in a test at Jerez – will make his Premier Class debut on the Desmosedici GP

Interesting! I remember Bulega was a brilliant young rider, then struggled in Moto3 and Moto2, so he went off to World Superbikes, where he’s done extremely well.

It will be so interesting to see what he does with a Ducati MotoGP bike. People on Reddit said his lap times are already very fast.

Pirro was good, but he is nearly 40 and I think past his prime. Bulega will be a good test rider in the Ducati team to help them in 2026.

  • B0NK3RS@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    18 days ago

    This is amazing. Bulega and Toprak are a class above everybody else in WSBK so I’m excited to see what he can do on the factory bike.

    • WordNerdOPMEnglish
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      17 days ago

      It is exciting isn’t it! I just read that Bulega became too tall for the smaller bikes, he’s 5’10" or something, so that was part of his problem with them.